Bangladesh: For climate migrants, pandemic job cuts fuel “multiple crises”
NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the challenges facing those forced to leave their homes due to the changing climate…
“They told us they hate Africans”: Hundreds detained, deported from Abu Dhabi
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Kabirat Olokunde, a Nigerian migrant worker, planned to spend her birthday with friends in the city of Abu Dhabi. Instead, she turned 28 in a frigid prison cell, one of about 700 Africans imprisoned by Emirati authorities without charge. In unparalleled mass arrests, the workers were jailed with “no legal justification” […]
“Ticket to work”: Indian state brings vaccines to migrant workers’ doorstep
ROLI SRIVASTAVA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on moves to ensure migrant workers have access to COVID-19 vaccines in Kerala…
Migrants’ unpaid hospital bills a barrier to birth certificates in UAE
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesReuters Philippine national Maya and her husband lost their low-paying jobs in the United Arab Emirates early in the coronavirus pandemic, and with it their work visas and health insurance. Now they say they face a mounting bill of daily immigration fines because their one-year-old child remains undocumented, as the hospital where […]
Banking access: Cryptocurrency promise for UAE’s unbanked migrants – but not yet
SALIM ESSAID, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how the UAE is moving toward opening licensed cryptocurrency exchanges in a step that could boost financial inclusion for the millions of expatriates who make up most of the region’s workforce…
Many migrant workers stranded in Chinese cities hit by floods
Zhengzhou, ChinaReuters For many migrant workers caught up in severe flooding in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, crossing town to stay with relatives in less affected areas or returning to their homes in the countryside are not posssible. They must stay put, tied to livelihoods in inundated parts of the city and living too […]
Migrant workers face tough quarantine in Thailand as COVID-19 cases surge
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Forced to quarantine at his factory as COVID-19 cases surge in Thailand, migrant worker Hein Thet Zaw has spent the last 10 days sleeping in a tent, trying to ward off hunger with meagre supplies of rice and boiled eggs. “Burmese workers eat a lot of rice, but what we get […]
Wow!: A Singapore skyline view for migrant workers
ANNABELLE LIANG, of Associated Press, reports on efforts to bring some joy into the lives of Singapore’s migrant workers…
Coronavirus impacts: Bangladeshi overseas workers seek local jobs as loans mount
MOHAMMAD RAKIBUL HASAN and NAIMUL KARIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the hardships many, including returned migrant workers, are facing in Bangladesh…
Indian film shows hardship and hope of migrants’ lockdown journeys
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation From cycling through forests and crossing the Ganges river to bypassing police barricades, a new documentary chronicles the journeys of India’s millions of migrant workers as they walked, pedaled and hitchhiked home during the coronavirus lockdown. The film 1232 KMS – shot last April by director Vinod Kapri – follows a […]